Gaiden 1: Late Dawn (6)
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"What's the matter?"
Vance pulled out the pack of cigarettes he had left and handed it to Sergeant Major Parker, using this gesture to avoid the other man's gaze.
"If any of us can survive, it must be you." Sergeant Major Parker took the cigarette, but held it in his hand, not in his mouth.
Vance's hand that was pulling out the lighter froze in mid-air, his head down, his movements stiff, and he didn't look at Parker's face.
"I'm not here to ask you to fight to the end, or to ask you to die, after all, I'm not that big hero, I've also been court-martialed, and I have no position to stop you."
Sergeant Major Parker took a breath, then put the cigarette in his pocket and pulled out a purse with his other hand.
"There is my driver's license, as well as my wife's contact information, my allowance for this month has not been paid, and there is a pension, you must help me get it, and then give it to my wife and my son." Sergeant Major Parker pursed his lips, "Chrissy also left her husband's contact information, remember, don't lose it." ”
“…… I don't necessarily survive, do I? ”
Vance looked at Sergeant Parker's hand holding his wallet and didn't take it, "You'd better leave it to her yourself." ”
"Are you fools?" Parker suddenly laughed like a middle-aged uncle watching a circus performance, "Or do you think I'm the single-celled hero Lennon?" ”
"Do me a favor, as long as we die, you can do whatever you like, I can't see it, so naturally I don't care." It took Parker a long time to put away his smile. sighed, "Anyway, I have the face to meet that retarded person." ”
"I don't guarantee it." Vance paused, "But if I survive, I'll help you." ”
"That's good."
Vance reached for his wallet, but he looked up as Parker still held the brown leather item tightly. He looked at Parker with a puzzled gaze, and the next second, Parker suddenly let go.
It was as if it was his life that was loosened.
Vance silently took the purse and slipped it into the inside pocket of the bulletproof vest.
"I once asked Lennon if he was so bold that he wasn't afraid of death, and guess what that fool answered?" Sergeant Major Parker smiled suddenly for no apparent reason, "He said, 'That's the time. You don't think of dying, but of "if you do this, you will survive." "So, in fact, no matter what kind of desperate situation, people will always feel that they can survive, and then burst out of the desire to survive." I wish I could absorb a little bit of the heroic aura from him, too. ”
Parker looked up, and the starry sky was not visible in the light of the streetlights.
"Ready to go, it's time for us to go."
Then, the middle-aged sergeant turned his head and disappeared into the shadows.
***
"It's all ready. Sir. ”
When Vance walked into the bus, he saw Higgins coming out of the bus. The young private smiled softly at the car, then closed the white curtain.
"Looks like you've got a knack for coaxing children." Vance pulled out the folding chair, feeling a little speechless.
"No, it's Mr. Bishop...... She had already pacified the children, telling them that it would be over as soon as it was dawn, and she had also arranged for the class leader and the group leader. Even preparations were made for the children to be scattered. Higgins walked around Vance, walked to the front and sat in the driver's seat, and his eyes fell on the armored car in front of him, "Children are children after all, and sometimes lies are cruel. But it works. ”
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
Vance spoke suddenly, seemingly changing the subject, but he explained, "If you were married, would you want a boy or a girl?" ”
"I talked about one in college, and I broke up before graduation, and it hit me hard at that time, and I also wanted to become more mature before I chose to join the army......"
"Do you regret it?"
Vance looked at Higgins, who put his hands on the steering wheel, and repeated, "You are different from me, if I don't join the army, I will stay in the class room for a few more years, you are a college student, you have a great future, do you regret joining the army?" ”
"I don't know ......"
Higgins was silent for a moment, then shook his head, "My mother has always told me to listen to the officers on the battlefield and not to be ......a hero."
Vance frowned, he opened his mouth, but it closed again.
Unlike the perfunctory things that have always been perfunctory, Vance really wanted to open his mouth at that moment, and wanted this private who was still a child to get out of the car immediately, run as far as he could, and not wade into this troubled water.
But as soon as he spoke, he was frightened into a cold sweat by his own thoughts - what was wrong with him?
Sitting in the driver's seat is equivalent to taking responsibility!
Vance shuddered, but Higgins, who was staring at the armored vehicle in front of him, did not notice the change in the disqualified commander who was close at hand, and continued to speak.
"Still, I wanted to take a risk."
"Especially when I see the children, I understand more or less Ms. Chriss, and sometimes, some people have to make some sacrifices......
"Sir."
Higgins turned his head and looked at the silent Vance, "If I die, I must sue my mother, don't listen to those spirit officers, her son is not a hero, but wants to be a person worthy of conscience, a person who is not cowardly." ”
"Either we die together, or we survive together."
Vance didn't pause this time, just reached out and patted Higgins on the shoulder, giving a promise that he himself didn't know if it was a lie.
***
"Ready."
The turret of the armored car in front of it flashed rhythmically with flashlights, three long and three short, flashing three groups.
Vance sat in the folding chair next to him, pulled up his seatbelt, and loaded the assault rifle in his hand, he nodded, and could even hear Higgins inhale deeply.
Then, the quiet night sky is pierced by the roar of the engine!
The old armored vehicles issued to the National Guard still use diesel-powered fuel engines, so they can be used to destroy half of Washington's dreams.
A flock of birds was the first to be taken away from the nearby flower bed. This was followed by the barking of several wild dogs, but no one had the heart to pay attention to these now, and at the same time as Higgins started the car, the armored car in front of him had already turned its tracks and rushed out at a rapid acceleration!
At this time, no one has the heart to warm up the car. The sound of the engine has definitely attracted the attention of the ACA sentry in front, and it is necessary to rush over before they have anti-tank weapons ready!
The abandoned armored vehicle seemed to feel its mission, and it exploded at nearly maximum speed, its engine roaring over the flower beds and rushing onto the road ahead, before making a right turn and nearly rolling off the roadbed.
Chrissy still hasn't driven an armored car after all, but that's enough!
Armored vehicles are still on the road!
"Don't rush to turn, stop at the corner." Vance gritted his teeth, then shouted at Higgins, "Let them lead the ACA people a little further!" ”
Because of the lack of anti-tank facilities. The ACA was not able to stop the armored vehicles, they only used two buses as a roadblock to defend the area outside Washington, but there was no way to stop the armored vehicles.
Most of the ACA paratroopers' heavy weapons were aimed outward, which had been detected by Vance and the others from above, and they seemed to be equally aware of their lack of anti-tank capabilities, and the ACA sappers not only planted explosives on the bridge, but also on the other side of the bridge. Prepare an anti-tank trench made with explosives.
Therefore, if it is a little later, everyone will definitely not be able to leave.
The armored vehicle ran over the barricade at the end of the bridge. Parker's prediction was correct, as long as the ACA did not want to blow up the bridge, then it would not risk using anti-tank weapons on the bridge, although the explosion of the armored vehicle would not destroy the bridge, but the sappers were still working, and it was impossible for the ACA's front-line officers to risk detonating explosives to use heavy weapons!
"Fuck you, you ACA wretch! Want to try Grandpa's Big X?! Come on! Come to Grandpa!! ”
The 20-mm rapid-fire gun on the turret fired constantly. Most of the time, this rapid-fire cannon is remotely controlled, but there is also a manual firing device, but the sighting device is completely shattered before it, and from Parker's angle, he really can't see the outside, and can only keep shooting by feeling. Occasionally check the results with a probe.
But that's enough.
Luck finally favored this former derelict officer, the tongue of fire from the rapid-fire cannon hit a car parked next to it, the fuel was not empty, the armor-piercing tracer combined bullet chain instantly ignited the flammable gasoline, and the violent explosion detonated the fusion battery in an electric car next to it, causing an even more violent explosion.
The ACA's outpost was instantly engulfed in flames!
Parker held the control stick of the cannon, shooting around aimlessly, Chrissy below had already reached out to close the observation window of the cockpit, bullets of various calibers hit the front armor with their eyes closed, holding the steering wheel tightly, lowering her head, and rushing straight forward!
The armored vehicle drove across the bridge at high speed, and then crashed headfirst into the roadblock used by the ACA to block the road, and the bus was directly hit by the armored vehicle traveling at full speed, but it also changed the direction of the armored vehicle, allowing the armored vehicle to directly crash through the guardrail and drive off the roadbed and into a park.
"Keep walking! Keep going! Don't stop!"
Shouting at the deafening explosions and cannon fire, Parker reached out and kicked Chriss, who was lying on the steering wheel due to the violent impact, and Chrissy stepped on the accelerator and drove the directionless armored car, crushing a fountain in a garden, sending a huge jet of water straight into the sky and then falling into the surrounding grass as rain.
"It's now, full speed!!"
At the same time, Vance also poked Higgins in the shoulder with the barrel of the gun, and the youth who was over-secreted with adrenaline from the shooting and explosion in front of him stepped directly on the accelerator, and the tires of the school bus were clearly audible because of the tremendous force and the sound of the ground rubbing violently, even in the midst of artillery fire.
Higgins quickly struck the steering wheel to the right, and the huge bus was dangling on one side due to the sharp turn, but the huge weight finally allowed it not to roll over, but ran over the ground along the tracks of the armored car, and rushed directly to the bridge!
Obviously, the containment of the armored car played a role, and the school bus was noticed by the ACA soldiers almost when it was about to pass the guò bridge, and the dense rain of bullets enveloped the front half of the school bus, but most of the ACA soldiers and heavy weapons went to chase the armored car that drove into the nearby town, so the school bus was much less stressed!
"Look ahead!!"
The automatic rifle in Vance's hand spewed tongues of fire and tore straight through the chest of an ACA paratrooper - Vance didn't have that great aiming skills, it was just a coincidence.
"Look at the road, genius!!"
The school bus ran over a piece of metal, which made Higgins's body shake violently, and then reacted, hit the steering wheel again, dodged a large piece of metal, and did not drive down the road along the hole where the armored car had hit, but turned the wheels and rushed down the road along the road!
Swiftly, the yellow school bus crossed the Anacostia River, shook off the ACA's defenders, and headed toward Washington's east side.
Just as the yellow school bus rushed towards the hope of survival, the armored car driven by Chrissy was finally hit by an anti-tank rocket on the track, and the armored car, which had lost power on one side, spun to the right, crashed into a nearby house, and stopped. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)
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